Thread: Common Thai plants & trees

While riding around the 'mooban' yesterday, I noticed some of the same plants & trees over and over again. I do not know the genus species and can only guess at what they are called. However, for anyone wanting to plant some green stuff around the house, these plants & trees are pretty hardy.

Here is a mango tree.


And here are the mangos.

This is a typical flowering tree. You will often see them draped over a trellis.


Some of these flowering cactus can grow quite large.

One can see this common water plant either in the klong or a large ceramic pot.


This is a fairly large 'mother-in-law tongue' plant. This is one rugged succulent plant. This started out 5 years ago as a 40B plant.

Another common flowering plant.


The flowers of this tree smells very nice.

You will see these plants generally bordering a fence.


The coconuts. Not sure what the fire estingusher is used for...

Originally Posted by hillbilly

You can see many Thais picking the leaves off of this plant for eating.

I think this one is Leucaena leucocephala

Originally Posted by hillbilly

This is a typical flowering tree. You will often see them draped over a trellis.

That's a bourgonvilla. Very hardy and quite pretty.

I'm thinking of adding a honeysuckle to my climbing roses soon. The scent wafting in during the evenings would be wonderful.

Originally Posted by hillbilly

You will see these plants generally bordering a fence.

That one looks like a camelia, but its hard to tell from the piccy.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

That one looks like a camelia, but its hard to tell from the piccy.

Hibiscus maybe?

Originally Posted by buadhai

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

That one looks like a camelia, but its hard to tell from the piccy.

Hibiscus maybe?

Probably.

I've been out of the landscaping game for a few years now and my 'name that bush' skills are a bit ropey.

Originally Posted by hillbilly

Originally Posted by hillbilly

The flowers of this tree smells very nice.

I think this one might be a magnolia (sp?) tree. However, i will wait for the experts input, which has been excellent. Thank you!

BTW, we have a niece who just recently graduated from the Queen's Thai cooking school. This niece floured and deep fried the flowers of this tree. Actually, very tasty.

This is the frangipani or the temple or pagoda flower tree. One of my favourites, but yet another tree the Thais are scared of having near their house.

The Plumeria (Frangipangi) has been given a new name which makes it acceptable for home gardens. You now see it for sale in nurseries. In Sung Noen Plumeria decorate the median of the main road. So many "cuttings" have been taken from these plants that there are now signs up asking people stop doing this.

The old name was "Lanthom" which sounds like "rathom" which means sorrow. The new name is "Leelawadee" which means something like lovely motion.

Someone who actually speaks Thai ought to verify this.

This star fruit tree is in my backyard. Actually, it is the next door neighbors, but we can eat for free.


What are these trees? They are tall and skinny. Not much shade.

Originally Posted by buadhai

Someone who actually speaks Thai ought to verify this.

I only know the old Thai name. Soz.

Originally Posted by hillbilly

What are these trees? They are tall and skinny. Not much shade.

Dunno.

This is a view looking up at my trellis in hillbilly's back garden.


What we often use for emergency medicine.

A fern of some sort. Rather prickly.


A lady finger palm.

The plant you use for emergency medicine is Aloe Vera. Good for sun-burn, or, any other kind of burn.

Originally Posted by hillbilly

One of my favorite vines. An ivy of some sort? Pothos?

That vine is a Philodendron. I think it is called "potos" or something like that when it's sold in four inch pots at a nursery or grocery store.

It is a horribly invasive plant and very difficult to get rid of once it has taken hold.

I made the mistake of planting it at my place in Saipan where I had a bit over one hectare of land. After just a few years that Philodendron had climbed up and invaded nearly every tree (100's) in the yard. It took me a couple of years of hard work Saturdays to get rid of it. If you look at my web page the photo is of me and the machete after one such day.

I'll never plant it again.

The plant you call "Common water plant" is a Lotus.

The plant you call "Common flowering plant" is a Bird of Paradise plant. Needs lots of water and fertilizer.

The one with the red feathery pom pom flowers grows in Australia and is one of the bottle brush family there.